Kitchen accessory



Jan. I9, 1937. J c 2,067,983

KITCHEN ACCESSORY Fi led Dec. 7, 1934 ,INVENTOR BY 474 NW AT TORNY Patented Jan. 19, 1937 UNITED STATES PTENT OFFICE KITCHEN ACCESSORY Norman 3. Rice, Oakland, Calif. Application December 7, 1934, Serial No. 756,509

3 Claims. (01. 248-145) This invention relates to kitchen accessories pail is provided with a conventional bail 9 whereand particularly to relatively small garbage pails by, it may be conveniently placed in or lifted such as are provided for use in the kitchen to from the ring.

receive the days garbage, and whichare intended The bracket at the bottom and near the lower to be emptied whenever necessary into the main pin l is provided with a vertical roller l0, whose 5 garbage can on the outside of the premises. axis is radial with said pin. Fixed on the bracket The principal object of my invention is to proand support ng the roller is a Se ta Circuvide a support for such a pail, arranged so that ar track ll extending helically or spirally with when not in use, the pail is kept under the sink, the lower pin t as an axis, the forward end of 10 and so that with a single foot operation the pail the track being uppermost. It will thus be seen 10 will be moved to an exposed and convenient pothat if the bracket is swung out from under the sition in front of the sink. sink to a position at right angles thereto, said As a further object, I have provided a cover bracket will be lifted somewhat due to the spiral for the pail separate therefrom and mounted on form of the track, and owing to the same feature,

the support, and arranged so that as long as the the bracket will tend to lower and swing around 15 pail is under the sink, the cover is in a closed of itself to its initial position, without the use position, but when the pail is moved out, and of springs or the like.

with such movement, the cover will be automati- The bracket is thus swung out by means of cally raised to allow garbage to be placed in the a pedal lever l2, pivoted on the bracket near the 2 pail and the latter to be removed for dumping. fl r. An arm l3 ri id wi h he lev r pr jec s The above and other objects are carried out upwardly behind the bracket, and engages a horby means of the structure shown in the accom izontal cam member I l formed with the bracket panying drawing, in which: adjacent and to one side of the lower pin. In

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary front view of a kitchen this manner, as the pedal is depressed, the

sink arrangement, showing my improved pail bracket is swung forwardly, exposing the pail for 25 supporting and manipulating structure mounted easy filling. in connection with the sink and with the pail A cover H) for the pail is pivoted on the bracket in a retracted non-operative position; adjacent the ring 6 so as to drop by gravity. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary transverse section of To automatically lift the cover from the pail as the sink, showing the pail as moved out for fillthe bracket is swung outwardly, I provide the 30 following device: Pivoted adjacent one end on Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the pail supporta pin [6 mounted on the bracket 5 near but back ing structure shown in the same position as in of the upper pin 4 is an arm [1. Loosely con- Fig, 1; d necting the outer end of the arm I! and the 5 Fig. 4 is a side view of the pail detached. cover in front of its pivot is a link Hi, this link Referring to the numerals of reference on the being disposed at an angle of substantially 90 drawing, l denotes a sink of conventional form, degrees to the said arm, in a horizontal plane, having as usual an open space of considerable when the cover is down and the bracket is in a size thereunder; a transverse wall 2 at and unretracted position under the sink.

der the sink at one end forming the limit of the As the bracket is swung outwardly, the link 40 space at the corresponding end. and arm retain this relationship for a certain Secured against the wall adjacent its forward portion of the movement of the bracket, the arm edge is a vertical frame 3, on which are mounted turning on its pivot pin It. A lug IS on the pivot vertically spaced axially aligned pins l, disposed end of the arm then brings up against a stop away from the face of the frame a short dis- 2B rigid with the bracket. With the further 45 tance and preferably having an upwardly divergswinging of the bracket therefore, the arm I! reing slope, and lying in a plane near that of the mains stationary, so that the distance from the back edge of the frame. outer end of the arm H to the point of connec- Turnably and slidably mounted on the pins is tion of the link with the cover when the latter is a vertical bracket 5 having a horizontal ring 6 closed, is gradually increased. Since the link 50 rigidly fixed thereon at its outer end and near itself is non-extensible, the result is that the the top. This ring forms a locating means for cover is raised, as shown in Fig. 2. The cover the pail l, which has an annular flange 8 therenever raises to a true vertical position, so that it about near the top, which engages the ring and always retains its tendency to drop to a closed limits the downward movement of the pail. Said position, 1 55 Therefore when the bracket swings back to its normal position under the sink when the pressure on the pedal is withdrawn, the cover will automatically drop, restoring the arm 11 to its original position.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim is:

1. Means for supporting a pail on a structure having a recess therein comprising a frame adapted to be mounted within said recess, a bracket pivotally mounted on said frame for movement into and out of said recess, means on said bracket for supporting said pail, a cover for the pail pivoted on the bracket, a link connected at one end to the cover in front of its pivot, a horizontal arm pivoted adjacent one end on the frame adjacent the pivotal axis of the bracket, the link being pivoted on the other end of the arm, said arm and link being disposed at an acute angle to each other back of the bracket when the cover is closed, and stop means between the arm and frame to hold the arm against movement when the bracket has been swung outwardly from the recess a certain amount, whereby with a further swinging of the bracket, the distance between said other end of the arm and the point of connection of the link with the cover, when the latter is closed, will be increased to cause the link to pull the cover to a raised position.

2. Means for supporting a pail on a structure having a recess therein comprising a vertically disposed frame adapted to be mounted on said structure within said recess, a pair of axially spaced alined pins mounted on said frame with the axes thereof disposed at an angle with the vertical plane of said frame, a bracket pivotally mounted on said pins for movement from a position within said recess to a position exteriorly thereof, means for supporting said pail on said bracket, a cover for said pail pivotally mounted on said bracket adjacent said pail supporting means, a stud mounted on said frame, a lever pivotally mounted on said stud and movable with said bracket in a path substantially in the plane of movement thereof, a link pivotally secured at one end to said lever and at the other end to said cover, and a stop on said frame engageable by said lever at a position in its path of movement for preventing continued movement of said lever with said bracket whereby said link is tensioned to lift said cover from the pail.

3. Meansfor supporting a container comprising a vertically disposed support member, a bracket slidably and hingedly mounted on said support member on an inclined axis, containersupporting means carried by the bracket, an inclined cam supported adjacent said bracket in a position to engage and elevate the bracket during swinging movement thereof in one direction, means for positively moving the bracket in said direction, said cam being so constructed and arranged as to return the bracket to its normal position when released by said moving means, a cover pivotally supported by said bracket on a horizontal axis so as to move in a vertical plane, and means actuated by swinging movement of the bracket to raise and. lower said cover.

NORMAN J. RICE. 

